Hand-stamp.



N0. 632,!!3. 'Patented Aug. 29, I899.

H. H. HARRISON.

HAND STAMP.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1899.) (No Modem 3 m 2 Shaats$heefl..

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OF NEl/V YORK, N.-Y.

HA'ND-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 632,1 13, dated August29, 1899.

Application filed April 12, 1899.

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. HARRISON, of the city of New York, boroughof Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Hand- Stamp, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention is more particularly related to a hand-stamp forreproducing from copying-ink, the printing surface being formed of aplastic or semifluid compound mounted or run into the proper form andthen permitted to set. i

This specification is the specific disclosure of several forms of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of the invent-ion with the case in position.Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof also with the case in position. Fig.3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the stamp with thecase removed, in which adjustment the stamp is ready for use. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the case alone, and Fig. 7 is a detail sectionalview of a modification.

The stamp has a body curved,preferably,in the arc of a circle andprovided with a handlebar running between its ends, so that the stampmay be held in the hand and its arcshaped printing-surface rocked overthe surface to be printed, all of which provides a much more effectiveand expeditious arrangement than that in which the surface to be printedis laid down on a stationary printing pad or form.

The main body of the stamp, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings, isformed of an arc-shaped inner or main walla, joined rigidly todownwardly-extending side walls 19 and c and outwardly-extending endwalls 9 and f. The walls I), c, g, and f have, respectively,inwardly-ranging flanges b, c, g, and f at the edges distant from theinner or main wall a, and the wall a carries rigid T-shaped ribs t,projecting downward and extending trans- Serial No. 712,730. (No model.)

versely between the side walls I) and o, the purpose of which parts willhereinafter be fully described. The wall 0 is formed with a slot 0 (seeFig. 4,) which extends longitudinally throughout the said wall andcurves in conformity with the same. This slot is flanked by curvedguides 0 wherein slides the arcshaped closure-plate d, such plate beingof a length equal to that of the wall 0 and serving removably to coverthe slot 0 A finger-knob 6 may be attached to the closure d forconvenience in manipulatingit. The handle-bar h is approximatelystraight and runs longitudinally over the wall a and is joined rigidlyto the ends of said wall. The flanges b 0 also serve as rockers on whichthe stamp bears when in use.

The case is shaped to fit removably and snugly under the bottom of thebody and to close the space between the several walls of the body. Tothis end the case is formed with an unbroken arc-shaped bottom wall 75,serving to parallel the wall a of the body (see Fig. 3) and having atits ends flanges m, extending inward and adapted to lie over the endwalls f and g of the body. The case is also provided with a side wall Z,fastened to the rear edge of the bottom wall is and having aninwardly-extending flange n, joined to the flanges m and adapted to takeover the rear ends of the end walls fandg. Ahandle 0 may be attached tothe wall of the case to facilitate sliding the casein and out ofengagement with the body.

The body of the device carries the stamping or printing pad 1:), whichis held between the several walls of the body and under the flanges f,g, o, and b, so that the under surface of the pad is exposed. Accordingto the form of my invention as here shown the pad 1; is formed of aplastic compound capable of receiving and impressing successive imprintsfrom copying-ink. This compound is run into the body and allowed toharden, as will be now described. To form the pad, the case is slid overthe body so that the wall 70 of the case engages the under faces of theflanges f, g, c, and b, and thus effectually closes the body. Theclosure 61 is now slid from under the guides c to expose the wall 0 inthe body of the stamp, and the compound in semifluid form is pouredthrough the slot into the body and permitted to harden between the wallsof the body and under the several flanges thereof and also around theT-shaped ribs 2', all of which parts serve to hold the compound inplace. The case may now be withdrawn and the stamp is ready for use. Thecase also serves to cover and protect the compound when the stamp is notin use.

The modification shown in Fig. 7 consists in a spring-clasp q, fastenedto each end wall f and g of the body of the stamp and adapted to holdthe ends of a sheet 1' of paper or other fabric on which is placed .acoating .9 of reproducing or copying composition. This arran gement isuseful when but a small number of copies are desired, in which case theimpression may be made on the coating 5 and the sheet 1' thrown awaywhen the desired copies are attained. This arrangement does notinterfere with the use of the stamp as hereinbefore explained.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hand-stamp,having a body formed of a curved back wall with side and end wallshaving inwardly-projected flanges, the under side of the body beingopen, and a cover adapted to removably cover the under side of the bodyto form an inclosed space into which a duplicating material may be runin a semifluid state, so that upon the removal of the cover theduplicating material is exposed at the bottom of the body.

2. A hand-stamp, having a body portion comprising an inner or main wallwith side and end walls, one of said walls having an opening therein, aclosure commanding said opening, and a case adapted to slide on the bodyportion and to temporarily close the bottom thereof.

HENRY I-I. HARRISON. Witnesses ISAAC B. OWENS, JNo. M. BITTER.

